Problem Based Lesson Plan Acid Rain

Lesson Plan Format
Teacher Candidate ____Devon Heathman____________________ Grade Level___3rd___ Date
of lesson_______________
Content Standards: State the unit goal and identify one or two primary local, state or national curricular
standards to which your lesson aligns. What key knowledge and skills will students be able to demonstrate as a
result of your instruction?
3Sa.3: Generate questions such as “what if?” or “how?” about objects, organisms, and events in
the environment and use those questions to conduct a simple scientific investigation.
3Sa.4: Predict the outcome of a simple investigation and compare the result with the prediction .
Learner Background: Describe the students’ prior knowledge or skill related to the learning objective(s) and
the content of this lesson. How did the students’ previous performance in this content area or skill impact your
planning for this lesson?
The students have learned about the pH scale. They also know the definition of acid rain.
Student Learning Objective(s): Identify specific and measurable learning objectives for this lesson.
Student will learn the affects of acid rain on plants.
Assessment: How will you ask students to demonstrate mastery of the student learning objective(s)? Attach a
copy of any assessment materials you will use, along with assessment criteria.
Needs
Exemplary Good Poor
Improvement
3 2 0
1
Contribution to
Max Some Little None
the Group
Entries are Entries are Entries are not No entries
written clearly written clearly written clearly done
Journal Entries with no with few
grammar or grammar or
spelling errors spelling errors
Materials/Resources: List the materials you will use in each learning activity including any technological
resources.
Plants
Spray Bottle
Vinegar
Journal
Teaching Model/Strategy
Accurately names model/strategy; Explains WHY this model/strategy is chosen for these learners; Explains how
model/strategy lends itself to learning this content, these skills and/or dispositions.
Problem-based learning, or PBL, centers on a curriculum that simultaneously develops both
problem-solving strategies and interdisciplinary knowledge bases and skill. Instructors place
students in roles of active investigation.
Learning Activities:
Initiation: Briefly describe how you will initiate the lesson. (Set expectations for learning; articulates to learners:
what they will be doing and learning in this lesson, how they will demonstrate learning and why this is important)
Start by asking the class what affect acid rain has on plants. Have them write they
answer in their journal. Next divide the class into four groups. Give each group a plant
and a spray bottle with vinegar in it. Explain that each group will spray their plant with
the vinegar water everyday. Each group will spray different amount depending on how
much acid rain is desired.
Lesson Development: Describe how you will develop the lesson, what you will do to model or guide
practice, what learning activities students will be engaged in order to gain the key knowledge and skills identified in
the student learning objective(s). Identify the instructional grouping (whole class, small groups, pairs, individuals)
you will use in each phase of instruction.
Everyday the groups will spray their plant and write down the results from the previous
day of spraying.
Closure: Briefly describe how you will close the lesson and help students understand the purpose of the lesson.
(Interact with learners to elicit evidence of student understanding of purpose(s) for learning and mastery of
objectives)
At the end of the week each group will present their findings.
Individuals Needing Differentiated Instruction: Describe 1 to 3 students with identified
instructional needs. (These students may be special or general education students and need not be the same students
for each lesson. Students may represent a range of ability and/or achievement levels.)
Student 1. What is the student’s identified instructional Describe strategy for differentiating instruction in
Name need? this lesson to meet this need.
2. What evidence do you have that this is an
instructional need?
1. ADHD Put him in a group with others who will
2. IEP help him stay on track
Jack
1. Visual impairment Let other students in the group describe
2. Observed what the plant looks like.
Jill
Reflection on Practice:
Student Achievement:
Specifically analyzes student learning for each SLO. What differences do you notice in the performance of individual
students? Note needs or opportunities for reteaching or enrichment for specific learner s.
Teacher Efficacy: (Evaluation and Assessment of one’s own teaching): Examines/explains impact of personal
teaching practice by responding to following:
1) What worked well and why?
2) What did not work well and why?
3) What actions will be taken now which are: a) immediate and b) long range?
4) Briefly describes ONE reasonable alternative approach that could be used to achieve these same SLOs?